diff --git a/include/net/mptcp.h b/include/net/mptcp.h
index 02158c257bd4a2d2fa281681a081f2bd265b2d49..76eb915bf91cafec32493ca77ad51d9fc6bcae93 100644
--- a/include/net/mptcp.h
+++ b/include/net/mptcp.h
@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ struct mptcp_out_options {
 };
 
 #ifdef CONFIG_MPTCP
+extern struct request_sock_ops mptcp_subflow_request_sock_ops;
 
 void mptcp_init(void);
 
diff --git a/net/mptcp/subflow.c b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
index 091e305a81c88a4208de069b358b01e5d1f56989..9b11d2b6ff4dbe248dc69c5170286b93c2196fdb 100644
--- a/net/mptcp/subflow.c
+++ b/net/mptcp/subflow.c
@@ -284,7 +284,8 @@ static void subflow_finish_connect(struct sock *sk, const struct sk_buff *skb)
 	tcp_done(sk);
 }
 
-static struct request_sock_ops subflow_request_sock_ops;
+struct request_sock_ops mptcp_subflow_request_sock_ops;
+EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(mptcp_subflow_request_sock_ops);
 static struct tcp_request_sock_ops subflow_request_sock_ipv4_ops;
 
 static int subflow_v4_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
@@ -297,7 +298,7 @@ static int subflow_v4_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (skb_rtable(skb)->rt_flags & (RTCF_BROADCAST | RTCF_MULTICAST))
 		goto drop;
 
-	return tcp_conn_request(&subflow_request_sock_ops,
+	return tcp_conn_request(&mptcp_subflow_request_sock_ops,
 				&subflow_request_sock_ipv4_ops,
 				sk, skb);
 drop:
@@ -322,7 +323,7 @@ static int subflow_v6_conn_request(struct sock *sk, struct sk_buff *skb)
 	if (!ipv6_unicast_destination(skb))
 		goto drop;
 
-	return tcp_conn_request(&subflow_request_sock_ops,
+	return tcp_conn_request(&mptcp_subflow_request_sock_ops,
 				&subflow_request_sock_ipv6_ops, sk, skb);
 
 drop:
@@ -1311,8 +1312,8 @@ static int subflow_ops_init(struct request_sock_ops *subflow_ops)
 
 void __init mptcp_subflow_init(void)
 {
-	subflow_request_sock_ops = tcp_request_sock_ops;
-	if (subflow_ops_init(&subflow_request_sock_ops) != 0)
+	mptcp_subflow_request_sock_ops = tcp_request_sock_ops;
+	if (subflow_ops_init(&mptcp_subflow_request_sock_ops) != 0)
 		panic("MPTCP: failed to init subflow request sock ops\n");
 
 	subflow_request_sock_ipv4_ops = tcp_request_sock_ipv4_ops;